iPhone 7 Jailbroken! But Without Tool Release for Public

2016-09-231336Posted by 3uTools

As expected, the iPhone 7 jailbreak has been accomplished. An Italian hacker Luca Tedesco had posted the picture of it on social media. However, Luca refuse to unveil the tool to the public, so if you want to do it by yourself, you still need to wait for the release of other teams such as Pangu.

Luca, who has become famous for fast jailbreak of new iOS updates, has once again decided to show off his skills by posting a photo of an iPhone 7 with iOS 10 installed running Cydia. After recently releasing a video showing a jailbroken iPad running iOS 10, Luca has now decided once again to utilize his liberation skills to tease the jailbreak community by being the first person to showcase a functioning jailbreak on Apple’s new iPhone 7 range.

The tweet, which was posted earlier today from Luca’s@qwertyoruiopzTwitter account, was sent with the tagline “obligatory cydia screenshot”, and contained an attached image showing a Black version of Apple’s new iPhone 7, identified as “iPhone9,3”, running a version of Cydia shown as “Cydia 1.1.26 (en-us).” There will of course be the usual cries to suggest that the image has been Photoshopped to show Cydia running, and that it can’t truly be accepted as a functioning jailbreak until a video of the process is released, but given Luca’s past history and proven skill set, it’s pretty much nailed on that this is the real deal.

The interesting thing to remember here is that it’s highly unlikely that the Italian developer will ever release the jailbreak or his methods to the public. Luca has consistently proven that he has the necessary skills and technical attributes required to find vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS platform, and then exploit those vulnerabilities in order to get a working jailbreak. However, he has also shown time and time again that he performs these processes as part of his research into mobile security, and that he really has no intention of releasing anything to the wider community.

iPhone9,3 (iPhone 7) running iOS 10.0.1 with Cydia 1.1.26

With that in mind, it should still be particularly comforting for jailbreak enthusiasts to at least know that a jailbreak on Apple’s latest hardware running the latest firmware is technically possible. The challenge now will be for jailbreak teams, such as TaiG or Pangu, to either work in conjunction with Luca, or on their own, to piece together the necessary components to release something that can be used by the general public to liberate iOS 10 on as many devices as possible. As always, 3u will keep you updated with any developments on the jailbreak front. You will be able to do it by yourself with 3uTools at the first time. Stay tuned.